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My colleague Davy is competing in this year’s Marathon Des Sables in support of his favorite charity: www.muco.be He needed a promo pic to kick off his charity campagne. He had asked me to shoot that portrait, and this is what we came up with this portrait of him posing as a Bedouin.
Finally had the lovely Karlien in the studio for a shoot that was 2 years in the making. I met Karlien in 2010 when she was a contestant for Miss Fashion. We talked about doin’ something special back then. After she won the contest and she became Miss Fashion 2011 and both our lives go kinda busy, the project got put on hold. But after I pinned a Lara Croft like picture on Pinterest a while back, she brought the project back to life. We started planning, got a team together and this shot came out.
A big thank you to the team for helping us putting this together: Pascal Vos of Fortress Airsoft for the airsoft weapons, my friends Phoebe and Glenn for makeup and assistance in the studio, and of course Karlien!
A long time ago–or at least is seems a long time ago–Jacqueline Govaert was the lead singer of Krezip. When the band decided to quit, Jacqueline decide to pursue a solo career. She released her 1st solo album Good Life in 2010. Since then she’s been writing new songs and is about ready to release a second album.
Last night, she played the 1st of 3 try-out concerts at Leeuwenbergh in Utrecht. I covered the concert as photographer on assignment for Frontview Magazine.
You can see the rest of my pictures on the website of Frontview Magazine.
Having 2 models in the studio for a latex shoot always makes for a special atmosphere: lots of laughs, lots of silliness, lots of fun. Today was no exception, but when it comes down to getting the shot, it has to be serious. We had a lot of fun in the studio, a great team and the result is this smashing shot.
I became the proud godfather to this little girl earlier today: Naära Demey. Naära is the daughter of my dear friend Phoebe and she’s just too cute.
I like to cook. I don’t mind spending half a day in the kitchen to experiment, try new recipes, cook a good plate of food and serve to friends. And I like to take pictures. I’m not claiming I’m good at either of them, but I enjoy it. I’ve been posting snapshots of my dishes on Instagram. So when I saw Centrum voor Beeldexpressie was hosting a Workshop Food Photography, it seemed kinda fun to join that workshop and combine 2 things I like to do.
Daphne Aalders of Food For Foodies showed us how to prepare the Asian style dishes. And Regula Ysewijn (Miss Foodwise) gave us tips on how to dress a set for food photography, and dress the plate, light it and shoot it. It turned out to be a fun day with good food and very useful photography tips.
It was a cold, grey and windy afternoon. Not quite what Shannety and I had in my for our shoot in Antwerp. But we made the best of it. And it was actually a lot of fun. We used the wind and the occasional ray of sunlight to our advantage. And shot a couple of nice pics. Shannety–at age 15–is a wonderful girl to work with: she’s professional on camera and just too much fun off camera!
Once more: thanks for a fun shoot Shannety. And for an afternoon full of laughs! See you soon, I’m sure. We still have a lot of photos to do and plans to make 😉 Oh… And thank you for the beers too! I am going to enjoy them for sure.
More often then not all you need is 30 minutes or so to produce a nice image. Joke and I had planned a little shoot a couple days back. The plan was simple: 1 outfit by Westward Bound at a location in Antwerp. And guess what? All it took us was 30 minutes to come up with this beautiful shot of her. Thanks Joke for the shoot and all the laughs in between.
It had been a few years since I joined one of Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walks. But this year, I had the chance to join the Antwerp walk. I enjoyed the walk led by Marco Voet. Here’s a photo I took at the MAS during the walk.
It has been a real work in progress: it took me quite some time to fix a date to do this shoot with Thaïsa. That’s what happens when work gets in the way. But eventually we managed to set a date and work together in the studio.
Thaïsa was eager to model some of the new latex outfits I got from eBay recently. And she was patient enough to let me try some lighting setups during the shoot.
Here’s a shot from tonight’s shoot: this Thaïsa wearing a dress by Mademoiselle Ilo.